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An Interview with Sam Thamkachen from Shawarma Daddy – Community

A close up image of a person preparing a shawerma wrap behind a glass partition, spreading a cream colored sauce on flatbread with trays of toppings visible in the foreground, including pickles, lettuce, and tomatoes.

Sam Thamkachen (interviewee), Federico Palacios (interviewer), Jean-Francois Obregon (interviewer)

Sam Thamkachen from Shawarma Daddy restaurant in Agincourt discusses the diversity of his employees and customers and how that diversity brings the community together.

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ST: So our employees are Syrian and uh, all of them are Syrian. I have one guy helping us with an Indian background. For our customers, we are focusing on Arabic, Mediterranean customers but I was so surprised that I was getting such a good response from the Asian community. I didn’t know I was going to get such a response from the Asian community. Our main focus was just like the Middle Eastern community, right? Maybe because of, uh, I am not that, you know, experienced also, but I am getting great support from the Asian community. I’m getting a crazy crazy amount of people coming in late at night and it’s all from the Asian community. I am so so happy that I am getting a mix of people coming in.